Word: objections
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...deeply disturbed to read the comments of students concerning the decision of Harvard Dining Services to lift its union-sponsored boycott on table grapes in the misleadingly-titled Oct. 31 article "Students Object to Serving Grapes." Their basic attitude was along the lines of "I don't know much about this issue, but it certainly can't be as important as my desire to eat grapes." This utter disinterest in the welfare and quality of life of others speaks terribly of the student body...
Fischli and Weiss also employ this unassuming and ambiguous approach when questioning the status of the art object, another favorite line of inquiry for '80s artists. Here, they follow in the tradition of Marcel Duchamp, and ally themselves with contemporaries, including Sherrie Levine and Alan McCollum, who address problems of mechanical reproduction and authorship. The ICA show includes several black, rubber and Beracryl castings of mundane objects like a candle or a doggy dish. Although these hand-made "readymades" may be overly indebted to Jasper John's light bulb or flashlight castings of the early 1960s, other pieces...
Whether or not her transformation is convincing--and Plum largely carries it off--one hates to see the work as a whole adopt the values of its own object of scorn. Simply in retitling the work The Heiress, the Goetzes define Catherine's character through her financial prospects. Nor do we delight in witnessing Catherine exchange her youthful naivete for such a bitter, scaly adulthood. This sour apple doesn't fall far from Dr. Sloper's withered tree...
Even after the doors were locked, the Tasty was still the object of curiosity. Throughout the day, passersby stood on wooden boxes to peer over the white signs into the Tasty's empty shell...
...They object to the rule that audience questions must be pre-screened...